I often think about how uncomfortable I am all the time. I begin to wish I had some kind of community or clique to fit into, some place to belong where I’d no longer feel so uncomfortable. Then I realize that, not only will this never happen, but I don’t want it to happen. It would change me in such a fundamental way that I would no longer recognize myself if it happened. You see, there are a lot of people in the world who want to be an outsider, or that who market themselves as outsiders, but they’re not. If you’re truly an outsider, it’s a lonely and uncomfortable place to be, and if there’s anything the average human doesn’t want to be it’s lonely and uncomfortable.
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